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Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 sends shockwaves around the world
By Isabel Debre And Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on October 17th, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine (AP) – Shockwaves spread around the world Thursday at the death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of British boy band One Direction and had to deal with intense global fame while still in his teens. Fans, music-industry figures and fellow musicians paid tribute to Payne, 31, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McConnell called Trump ‘stupid,’ ‘despicable’ in private after 2020 election, according to new book
By Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on October 17th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month. McConnell made the remarks in private as part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Percival Everett’s ‘James’ wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett’s recent wave of literary honors. On Wednesday night, “James” was awarded the Kirkus Prize for fiction. Everett’s novel, which imagines Mark Twain’s classic from the perspective of the escaped enslaved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris and Trump offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews
By Steve Peoples, Colleen Long And Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – As the presidential race moves into its final weeks, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump embarked on an interview blitz that offered new details about their policy priorities and their political strategies. In recent days, Harris has sat with Charlamagne tha God, whose radio show is especially popular among younger and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall
By Isabel Debre, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials told Argentine media. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris interview with Fox News showcases a change in strategy for Democrats with network
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Kamala Harris ‘ interview with Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier on Wednesday is the latest indication that Democrats during this campaign are increasingly willing to engage with a network well-stocked with supporters of opponent Donald Trump. Since the party’s convention in August, roughly twice as many Democrats have been on Fox ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump and Harris offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews
By Steve Peoples, Colleen Long And Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – As the presidential race moves into its final weeks, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump embarked on an interview blitz that offered new details about their policy priorities and their political strategies. In recent days, Harris has sat with Charlamagne tha God, whose radio show is especially popular among younger and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guy Maddin satire skewers G7 leaders. Cate Blanchett says it felt like a documentary
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
TORONTO – Even from her native Australia, Cate Blanchett has long felt a connection to Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin’s quirky, singular films. The Oscar-winning actress admires the way the Manitoban auteur’s work – from 2007’s docu-fantasy “My Winnipeg” to 2017’s Alfred Hitchcock love letter “The Green Fog” – possesses “a strange universality” despite its idiosyncrasies. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prolific editor, columnist Robert Fulford dead at 92
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
TORONTO – Lifelong journalist, broadcaster, author and editor Robert Fulford is being remembered for his vibrant mind and insatiable curiosity. Fulford’s son-in-law Stephen Marche says the prolific writer died Tuesday afternoon in Toronto surrounded by family. He was 92. Marche says Fulford suffered several health setbacks in his later years, including a stroke in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family looks for missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams in South Carolina
By Jeffrey Collins, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A family in South Carolina pleaded for help Wednesday in finding Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, whose disappearance nearly two weeks ago has also drawn the concern of the broader theater community, including Hugh Jackman. Williams, who danced in New York productions of “Hamilton” and “MJ The Musical,” was last seen Oct. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cate Blanchett wants you to laugh at politics in ‘Rumours’
By Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on October 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – You’d be hard pressed to find an upcoming film weirder than “Rumours.” The biting commentary on the emptiness of political statements and the performances politicians put on starts off as a straight political satire focusing on the G7 world leaders, but then slips into a world of slow-yet-terrifying zombies; a mysterious, ... Read More »
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